Apr 6, 2011

The San Diego City Council will be holding a second reading and vote to approve the ordinance to regulate medical marijuana collectives in the City of San Diego. This is what is listed on the current agenda: ITEM-55: Amendments to the Land Development Code and the City’s Local Coastal Program pertaining to Medical Marijuana Dispensaries; and Amendments to the...

Apr 2, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Dumanis scrambles to explain why official ‘Dumanis for Mayor’ Facebook page was shut down after move raises questions of her dropping out of the Mayoral race. SAN DIEGO – On March 31, Bonnie Dumanis shut down her official Dumanis for San Diego Mayor Campaign Facebook page, a move that raised...

Mar 31, 2011

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis mayoral bid may be coming to an end as Dumanis for Mayor Facebook is shut down. San Diego – In the beginning of March the Not Dumanis Campaign was launched in response to Bonnie Dumanis announcing her bid for San Diego Mayor, the same time the Dumanis campaign created their official Bonnie Dumanis for Mayor...

Mar 29, 2011

Attention: Patients, Collectives, and Concerned Citizens! The San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will be holding an EMERGENCY CHAPTER MEETING on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the La Jolla Brew House located at 7536 Faye Ave. San Diego CA – Collective and Cooperative Directors are encouraged to attend. We will be discussing the litigation strategy...

Scott Chipman, a paid lobbyist on behalf of a phony group called San Diegan’s for Safe Neighborhoods has been on a crusade against proposition 215 since it was enacted and is the main organizer of the prohibitionists planning on coming out to the SD City Council meeting on Monday. Scott Chipman has devised a plan that will attempt to divert the San Diego City...

Mar 25, 2011

Letter from the chair of the San Diego City’s own medical marijuana task force sent to the entire San Diego City Council urging them to amend this ordinance and voicing strong concern that it amounts to a ban if passed as currently written: Dear Councilmembers, We had the privilege of serving on the City of San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Task Force. As...

Mar 24, 2011

Stop the Ban coalition responds to City Councils misleading medical marijuana zoning Map. In advance of a City Council vote on an ordinance which would regulate medical cannabis facilities, the San Diego City Council published a map as part of their legislative packet which shows areas where a collective could be located in San Diego under the ordinance as...

Veterans group calls ordinance “harmful to veterans and dangerous to communities” San Diego – March 7th, 2011, Veterans for a Safe San Diego has announced today that they are endorsing the “Stop the Ban” campaign and that they are calling on the city council to amend the ordinance governing medical cannabis facilities in order to preserve safe access...

Feb 12, 2011

A National Call to Action! – Activist Boot Camp, February 19-20, 2011 Get registered now for the ASA Activist Boot Camp happening in San Diego! – Click Here To Register The National Call to Action is the nation’s first medical cannabis virtual skill-building conference. Re-pledge your commitment to safe and legal access by joining thousands of...

Feb 6, 2011

Legal Cannabis Institute Presents – Doctor’s Office Education Night – Thu, February 17, 7pm – 9pm In our ongoing support of Medical Marijuana Doctors, we are offering a FREE Medical Marijuana Law class on Thursday, February 17th from 7PM to 9PM to you and your staff. The Legal Cannabis Institute is on a mission to help all medical marijuana...

Feb 6, 2011

By Melissa Bobrow, Esq., San Diego ASA As an activist and educator within the San Diego medical marijuana community, I hear many rumors, myths, and just plain old crazy stories. There is so much information and misinformation about medical marijuana rights and laws. So many people try to educate themselves on the topic only to become more confused, or worse...

The San Diego Americans for Safe Access Chapter meeting for February, will be held on Tuesday February 8, 2011 7:00PM at the La Jolla Brew House. Members and other medical cannabis advocates are welcome. Help us kick off the campaign to “Stop The Ban” in the city of San Diego! Come get all the news and find out what you can do to help defend safe access here...

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Patients and Advocates concerned ordinance headed towards ban rather than reasonable regulation. On January 20th the City of San Diego’s Planning Commission will be discussing and voting on a recommendation to the City Council to approve an ordinance limiting medical marijuana dispensaries in the City...

The San Diego ASA Chapter meeting for January will be this 7:00PM Tuesday, January 11, at the La Jolla Brew House. Members and other medical cannabis advocates are welcome. We are kicking off some exciting new campaigns this year. Come get all the news and find out what you can do to help change federal law and defend safe access here in San Diego! At this...

Jan 7, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich San Diego — Today at the San Diego Federal Courthouse medical marijuana patients saw a tremendous victory in court. In front of a courtroom filled to the brim with supporters wearing green solidarity ribbons, James Stacy was just sentenced to 2 years probation for operating a medical marijuana dispensary in Vista Ca. Mr. Stacy’s...